Sarath Sanga
Professor of Law
Associate Professor in the Strategy Department, Kellogg School of Management (Courtesy)
Phone
(312) 503-2979
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Related Links
sites.google.com/site/sarathsanga
Biography
*On leave 2022 – 2023*
Sarath Sanga's principal areas of research are corporate law and contract theory. An interdisciplinary scholar, his work has appeared in leading law, economics, and scientific journals, including the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Law & Economics, California Law Review, and Science. Sanga holds a BA in economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, a PhD in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a JD from Yale.
Areas of Expertise
- Arbitration
- Empirical Legal Studies
- Corporate Law
- Contract Theory
- Machine Learning
- Social and Economic Networks
Selected Publications
- The Impact of the Coronavirus Lockdown on Domestic Violence, 23 American Law & Economics Review 137 (2021) (with Justin McCrary).
- How to Build a More Open Justice System, 369 Science 134 (2020) (with Peter DiCola, David L. Schwartz, Adam R. Pah, Rachel Davis Mersey, Charlotte S. Alexander, Kristian J. Hammond & Luís A. Nunes Amaral).
- A New Strategy for Regulating Arbitration, 113 Northwestern University Law Review 1121 (2019).
- Incomplete Contracts: An Empirical Approach, 34 Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 650 (2018).
- A Theory of Corporate Joint Ventures, 106 California Law Review 1437 (2018).
- The Private Ordering Solution to Multiforum Shareholder Litigation, 14 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 31 (2017) (with Roberta Romano).
- Choice of Law: An Empirical Analysis, 11 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 894 (2014).
Education
- JD, Yale Law School
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley
- BA, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Prior Appointments
- Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law